Cambios en las habilidades sociales de los niños refugiados
| Pages | 1164-1183 |
| Date | 01 July 2026 |
| Published date | 01 July 2026 |
| Author | Alma Paškevičė,Jūratė Požėrienė |
| Subject Matter | Administrative & Public Law |
Cambios en las habilidades sociales de los niños
refugiados
Alma Paškevičė1, Jūratė Požėrienė2
1Lithuania Sport University, Lithuania.
E-mail: alma.paskevice@stud.lsu.lt; ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-5894
2Lithuania Sport University, Lithuania.
E-mail: jurate.pozeriene@lsu.lt; ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-9670
Resumen. En un contexto global en constante cambio, el desarrollo de las ha-
bilidades sociales de los niños a través de la actividad física cobra cada vez mayor
importancia. El objetivo de este estudio fue identicar las características del desarrollo
de habilidades sociales mediante la actividad física en niños refugiados que asistían a
organizaciones que ofrecían clases de actividad física, y analizar las características de
los cambios en dichas habilidades a partir de datos observacionales. La metodología
de investigación se basó en una revisión bibliográca y empleó un diseño experimen-
tal observacional. Nueve niños participaron en el estudio y fueron observados durante
16 semanas, tres veces por semana, durante 1 hora y 15 minutos cada vez. El estudio
reveló que 16 semanas de actividad física (fútbol) inuyeron en los cambios en las
habilidades sociales de los niños refugiados, incluyendo habilidades intrapersonales,
interpersonales, motoras y de comunicación, lo que facilitó su integración en la so-
ciedad de acogida.
Palabras clave: niños refugiados, habilidades sociales, actividad física, experimento social.
Recibido: 03/01/2026 ~ Aceptado: 05/06/2026
INTERACCIÓN Y PERSPECTIVA
Revista de Trabajo Social
ISSN 2244-808X ~ Dep. Legal pp 201002Z43506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21176283
Vol. 16 (3): 1164 - 1183 pp, 2026
Cambios en las habilidades sociales de los niños refugiados 1165
Vol. 16(3) septiembre - diciembre 2026/ 1164 - 1183
Changes in the social skills of refugee children
Abstract. In a rapidly changing global context, developing children’s social skills
through physical activity is becoming increasingly important. e aim of this study
was to identify the characteristics of social skill development through physical activity
in refugee children attending organizations oering physical activity classes and to
analyze the characteristics of social skill changes during physical activity based on ob-
servational data. e research methods were based on a literature review and utilized
an observational experimental design. Nine children participated in the study, and
were observed during physical activity classes for 16 weeks, three times a week for 1
hour and 15 minutes each. e study found that 16 weeks of physical activity (foot-
ball) inuenced changes in refugee children’s social skills, including intrapersonal,
interpersonal, motor, and communication skills, which facilitated their integration
into the host society.
Keywords: refugee children, social skills, physical activity, social experiment.
INTRODUCTION
In today’s world, the issue of refugees is becoming increasingly relevant due to the mass
inux of refugees, whose migration is triggered by military conicts. In 2021, nearly 90 million
people worldwide were forced to ee their home countries, such as Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Af-
ghanistan, Syria, Myanmar, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Furthermore,
on 24 February 2022, due to the war in Ukraine, 8,108,448 people were forced to leave their
home country (Operational Data Portal, 2023), whilst more than 7.1 million were internally
displaced. Poland, which borders Ukraine, has received the largest number of refugees compared
to other EU countries (Nazaruk et al., 2024).
Perhaps the most vulnerable group of refugees are children, who account for the largest
percentage of forced migration (Grandi, 2022; UN 2022; Jaroszewicz et al., 2022; Ocial Sta-
tistics Portal, 2023). Research indicates that 81.4 per cent of people experience a traumatic event
(e.g. a natural disaster, being in or eeing a war zone, sexual violence, etc.) during their lifetime
(Kvedaraite et al., 2022), and the impact of a traumatic event on a refugee causes physical and
emotional disorders. It has been proven that physical activity is an innovative tool enabling refu-
gees to integrate safely into the host country and adapt more easily to their new environment
(Whitley & Gould, 2011).
Globally, the number of sports programmes designed to promote various integration
processes is growing rapidly. Various physical activities, and team activities in particular, are an
excellent strategy for refugee children to cope with the various challenges of integration (Stura,
2019; Anderson et al., 2019; Robinson et al., 2019; Svensson et al., 2017; UN, 2019).
In a rapidly changing global context, the development of children’s social skills through
physical activity is becoming increasingly important (Opstoel et al., 2020). Social skills are
activated and rened only through interaction with one’s environment and direct engagement
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